The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-05
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|Iesst guilty ore, ~ ~ ! hinl1 !
|by very thin slices, apf yirg "a
little brine bctWeen eSch slice
/ IA the most guilty ones look ora,
and Be put through one by one
until Parsons has seen Spies put
Through, and his turn comes AZ
last. OF course the slicing should
| be done fKom the feet upward.
/ ECz;eesD Zntey Oeeaw. "a U
| This is the spirit Of the inhuman
howl that has been made BY Cap
|ital since the seven labor agitators
have been imprisoned in the Chi
cago Jail. Here is the answer to
that brutal cry for blood:
"WAsHINGToN, Nov. 2, I2:4o r.
m. The supreme court has de-
MED the writ of error in the case
Of the Chicago anarchists. :"
The supreme court of the Unit
led States has demonstrated its
loyalty to the plunderers who rob
the poor and fatten on the mis-
cries of the people. Fine-spun
Illegal technicalities have answered
the purpose Of the supreme court,
and on those technicalities the
highest court in the land refuses
to grant a stay of proceedings
which might establish the inno-
cence and save the lives of seven
men whose crime consists in being
too outspoken against the wrongs
of the poor. Like John Brown.
every act of theirs can be justified
upon the principle Of the golden
rule. Old John Brown, wounded
and bleeding, in the hands Of his
enemies, answered their questions
as he lay in irons on the floor Of
the engine house at Harper's
Ferry. One of these answers will
show the nature of the man and
lhis close resemblance to the he
roes in the Chicago prison. Gov
ernor Wise asked Brown upon
what principle he justified his ac-
tions. The old hero replied with
a pathos which revealed the noble
heart:
upon the Golden Rule. pity
the poor in bondage that have
none to help them; that is why |
am here; it is not to crafty any
personal animosity or feeling Of
revenge or vindictive spirit. 1t is
my sympathy with the oppressed
and the wronged that are as good
as you and as precious in the
sight of God. | wish to say fur
thermore, that you had better, all
of you people of the South, pre-
pare yourselves for settlement
of this question. 1t must come
up for settlement sooner than you
are prepared for it, and the sooner
you begin that preparation the
better for you. You may dispose
of me very easily. am nearly
disposed of now, but this question
is still to be settled, this negro
question mean"
Like John Brown the "anarch-
lists" are in the gallow's shade. be-
cause their hearts pitied the poor
and distressed. Their execution
will not choke out of existence
the mutterings of the discomfort
ed. John Browns murder did not
settle the slavery question, neither
will the numbering of the labor
agitators quench the fires of free
dom which are being lighted in
every hamlet in America.
The power of organized capital
will hang these men, our brothers;
but the powers of capital and hell
combined cannot stem the tide of
Indignation which their murder
will arouse.
The words of the philosophic
Emerson are indeed very apt and
fitting at this time of terror and
judicial conspiracy:
Times of heroism are generally
times of terror, but the day never
shines when this element may
not work. But whose
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